Tag Archives: CPEP
SURVIVING PSYCHIATRY: A User’s Manual
SURVIVING PSYCHIATRY: A User’s Manual by Anne C Woodlen This 60-page collection of 23 essays recently sold out at Dr. Peter Breggin’s Empathic Therapy Conference and now is available for sale to you. “The great jazz bassist Ron Carter once … Continue reading
Doing what’s Right
It started, of course, with a nightmare, which led to a long train of memories, none of them pleasurable or comforting. It ended with this: tomorrow afternoon I have an appointment with my therapist and her supervisor. Dick Gottlieb and I, … Continue reading
How to Complain: The Empathic Therapy Conference
Of her bout with CPEP, Ms R says, “This ordeal not only left my child traumatized, but me as well that I am now seeking a psychologist for her and myself.” When seeking a therapist after you have suffered psychiatric … Continue reading
How to Complain: Writing the Complaint
For starters, Ms R, your written message to me was just fine. You don’t have to be “a very good writer” to file a written complaint. You are not in high school and the English teacher is not going to … Continue reading
How to Complain: About CPEP
Today’s mail brought this message from Ms R: “I would like to learn how to complain. My child and I had a three-day ordeal with Stonybrook CPEP, Long Island, NY, in which I am trying to draft a letter to send … Continue reading
How to Complain: PAIMI and the MHLS
So, for starters, agencies that have PAIMI (Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness) should change their policy so that anyone can refer a mentally ill person for protection. The lawyer can take the information from anyone, then go find the mentally … Continue reading
